[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 36 (Friday, February 23, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8137-8138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3053]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket FAA 2006-25997; Airspace Docket 06-ANM-5]


Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Redmond, OR

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Redmond, 
OR. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft 
using the new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) at City-County Airport, 
Madras, OR. This change is necessary for the safety of Instrument 
Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft executing the new SIAP at City-County 
Airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify FAA Docket 
No. FAA-2006-25997 and Airspace Docket No. 06-ANM-5, at the beginning 
of your comments. You may also submit comments through the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Haeseker, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Service Area Office, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 
Renton, WA, 98055-4056; telephone (425) 227-2527.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as 
they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the 
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing 
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are 
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal.
    Communications should identify both docket numbers (FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2006-25997 and Airspace Docket No. 06-ANM-5) and be submitted in 
triplicate to the Docket Management System (see ADDRESSES section for 
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments 
on this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed, 
stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments 
to FAA Docket No. FAA-2006-25997 and Airspace Docket No. 06-ANM-5.'' 
The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
    All communications received on or before the specified closing date 
for comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed 
rule. The proposal contained in this action may be changed in light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the public docket both before and after the closing date 
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRM's

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the 
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Recently published rulemaking documents 
can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at http://www.faa.gov 
or the Federal Register's web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
    You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any 
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets 
Office (see ADDRESSES section for address and phone number) between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An 
informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at 
the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western En Route and Oceanic Area Office, Airspace 
Branch, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055.
    Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future 
NPRM's should contact the FAA's Office of Rulemaking, (202) 267-9677, 
for a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the application 
procedure.

The Proposal

    The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by revising Class E airspace at Redmond, 
OR. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft 
using the new RNAV (GPS) SIAP at City-County Airport, Madras, OR. This 
controlled airspace is necessary for the safety of IFR aircraft 
executing the new SIAP at City-County Airport.
    Class E airspace designations are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9P, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 
2006, which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR part 71.1. The Class 
E airspace designation listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this proposed regulation; (1) Is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 
``significant rule'' under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 
FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a 
regulatory evaluation as the anticipated

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impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter that will only 
affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is certified that 
this proposed rule, when promulgated, will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the 
criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal 
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9P, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 1, 2006, and effective September 15, 
2006 is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

ANM OR E5 Redmond, OR [Revised]

Redmond, Roberts Field, OR
    (Lat. 44[deg]15'15'' N, long. 121[deg]09'00'' W)
City-County Airport, Madras, OR
    (Lat. 44[deg]40'13'' N, long. 121[deg]09'19'' W)
Deschutes VORTAC
    (Lat. 44[deg]15'10'' N, long. 121[deg]18'13'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within 1.8 miles north and 11.8 miles south of the Deschutes VORTAC 
059 radial to 28.8 miles east of the VORTAC, and within 1.8 miles 
each side of the 230 bearing from the Roberts Field Airport 
extending 8.7 miles southwest of the airport, and within 1.8 miles 
each side of Deschutes VORTAC 162 radial extending from the VORTAC 
to 4.3 miles south of the VORTAC, and within 1.8 miles each side of 
the Deschutes VORTAC 281 radial extending from the VORTAC to 4.3 
miles west of the VORTAC, and within 3.5 miles west and 7.0 miles 
east of the Deschutes VORTAC 014 radial extending from 9.5 miles 
north of the VORTAC to 30.5 miles north; that airspace extending 
upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 32.2-mile radius 
of the VORTAC between the 006 and 048 radials, within a 27-mile 
radius of the VORTAC between the 048 radial and a line 5.3 miles 
west of and parallel to the 189 radial; that airspace extending 
upward from 1,700 feet above the surface within a line beginning at 
Deschutes VORTAC extending north on V-25 to V-112, east on V-112 to 
V-4, southeast on V-4 to V-357, southwest on V-357 to V-122, west on 
V-122 to V-452, northwest on V-452 to V-269, east on V-269 to the 
Deschutes VORTAC.
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    Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 24, 2007.
Clark Desing,
Manager, System Support, Western Service Area.
[FR Doc. E7-3053 Filed 2-22-07; 8:45 am]
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